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835 Ships Scrapped in 2017: The Global Shipbreaking Facts & Figures
Each year the NGO Shipbreaking Platform collects data and publishes an annual list of ships dismantled worldwide.
In 2017, 835 vessels were dismantled.
543 of these ships were sold for dirty and dangerous breaking on the beaches of South Asia. Whilst ship owners are increasingly portraying themselves as conscious of the problems caused by shipbreaking, the Bangladeshi beach in Chittagong - where environmental protection and worker safety are particularly scant - remained the preferred scrapping destination worldwide in terms of tonnage dismantled.
Most vessels scrapped in 2017 were general cargo ships, followed by bulk carriers and container ships, oil and gas tankers, roll-on roll-offs, passenger vessels and oil platforms. Looking at the size of vessels scrapped on the beaches of South Asia, Pakistan received the largest vessels followed by Bangladesh, while Indian yards scrapped more medium-sized ships. China and Turkey tend to recycle smaller vessels on average. Thus, the larger the vessel the more likely it is that it will end up on a beach in Pakistan or Bangladesh - where the conditions are known to be the worst. In 2017 the Pakistani government introduced a ban on the import of tankers after a sequence of disastrous explosions between the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017, resulting in about 30 workers losing their lives. As a result, there was an increase in the flux of tankers going for breaking in India.
As in 2016, Germany and Greece top the list of country dumpers in 2017.
German owners, including banks and ship funds, beached 50 vessels out of a total of 53 sold for demolition.
Greek owners were responsible for the highest absolute number of ships sold to South Asian shipbreaking yards in 2017: 51 ships in total. Since the Platform's first compilation of data in 2009, Greek shipping companies have unceasingly topped the list of owners that opt for dirty and dangerous shipbreaking.
European ship owners, from the EU and EFTA states, are responsible for more than one third of all ships sold for breaking. The number of European-owned and/or European-flagged vessels dismantled in 2017 worldwide amounted to 260 ships: 181 of these ships, representing 70% of all European end-of-life ships, ended up on the beaches in either India, Pakistan or Bangladesh. In terms of volume, European owners were responsible for around 40% of the total tonnage scrapped on South Asian beaches. It is clear that the European fleet follows the trends of previous years and continues to be predominantly broken using the most unsustainable recycling method.
Out of the 181 European vessels that were beached, only 18 were still sailing under a European flag during the last voyage. 24 vessels that had otherwise been operating under a European flag, swapped flag to a non-EU flag of convenience just weeks before hitting the beach. The most popular end-oflife flags for vessels scrapped on the beaches in 2017 were Panama, Comoros, St Kitts and Nevis, Palau, Liberia and Togo. Palau, St Kitts and Nevis and Comoros are flags that are almost exclusively used by cash buyers at end-of-life, and in 2017 Comoros hit a new record as it held first position as a beaching flag together with the more widely used flag of Panama.
Annual Report 2017: http://www.shipbreakingplatform.org/shipbrea_wp2011/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Annual-Report-2017-Final-Spreads.pdfPosted On:8-Jun-2018
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JMU Overcomes Negative Impact of New Regulations with New Bulker Design
Shipbuilder Japan Marine United (JMU) is rolling out its latest "JSeries" bulker design which uses technology to overcome negative impact of meeting new regulations.
As informed, the J-Series design is initially for Kamsarmax bulkers and complies with the harmonized common structural rules, NOx Tier III regulations, and the 0.5% SOx global cap.
An official from JMU explained to the Japan Seminar at Posidonia 2018 that due to the increased equipment and steel required to meet new regulations, this decreased fuel consumption.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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US Container Imports to Hit Record despite Tariffs Debate
Imports at the major retail container ports in the US are expected to set record numbers this summer and fall even as the debate over trade and tariffs continues in Washington, the National Retail Federation said. Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.63 million TEU in April. That was down 5.8 percent from March and up 0.3 percent year-over-year.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Fincantieri Delivers Fifth Viking Cruise Ship
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri delivered Viking Orion, the fifth cruise ship built for cruise ship owner Viking Cruises, at the shipyard in Ancona on June 7. Featuring 47,800 gross tons, Viking Orion, which is in the small cruise ship segment, has 465 cabins with accommodation for 930 passengers.
Fincantieri said that the Viking units are all built according to the latest navigation regulations and equipped with the most modern safety systems, including the "Safe return to port".Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Brisbane s New Cruise Terminal to Open in 2020
A new international cruise terminal will be operating in Brisbane within two years after Port of Brisbane and Carnival Australia reached a commercial agreement.
The Brisbane International Cruise Terminal (BICT) at Luggage Point will be operating by mid-2020 and is expected to generate almost AUD 5 billion in economic value for the Queensland economy alone within fifteen years.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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DP World Becomes Part of World Ocean Council
Dubai-based terminal operator DP World has become the first company in its sector to join the World Ocean Council (WOC) as part of its leadership journey to actively engage in the protection of the world s oceans.
The WOC is a global, cross-sectoral business leadership alliance with a network of over 35,000 stakeholders addressing corporate ocean responsibility. Developed by and for the private sector, it addresses issues affecting ocean sustainable development, science and stewardship.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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TOP Ships Secures Work for Newbuilding Suezmax Duo
Athens-based tanker owner and operator TOP Ships has agreed time charter employment for two of its newbuilding Suezmax vessels with an undisclosed oil major. The units, with Hull numbers S874 and S875, are currently under construction at South Korea s shipbuilder Hyundai Samho.
TOP Ships said that the vessels will be employed for a firm period of 36 months plus two additional 12 month periods, at the charterer s option, starting upon the vessels deliveries expected in April 2019 and May 2019.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Dockworkers, East and Gulf Coast Ports Reach Tentative Labor Agreement
Dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast seaports reached a tentative six-year contract agreement with the port operators, the two sides said Wednesday, beating the September expiration of the current pact and setting the stage for several years of labor peace at the country s trade gateways.
In a statement Wednesday, the International Longshoremen s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance Ltd., which represents port associations and marine terminal companies from Maine to Texas, said in a statement that terms of the agreement were unanimously approved by 200 delegates of the ILA s 65,000 maritime-worker membership after months of on-again, off-again negotiations.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Most global grain traders face losing access to major terminals in Russia s Novo
Most major international grain houses have not been included in a draft list of exporters who will work with the two largest grain terminals in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiisk in the new marketing season, sources familiar with the matter said.
Competition for access to grain export infrastructure has intensified in Russia as its ports are running at maximum capacity after it harvested a record crop in 2017 and prospects for 2018 are also bright.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Adriatic LNG receives its 600th carrier
Adriatic LNG, the company which operates the regasification terminal located off the Veneto coastline, announces the arrival of the 600th carrier, the Al Jassasiya. The carrier left Ras Laffan Port in Qatar, delivering a cargo of about 140,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG), equivalent to nearly 85 million cubic meters of gas.
The event was celebrated on the terminal with a brief ceremony that involved the vessel s personnel and Adriatic LNG s staff, including the Operations Manager Fabian Erle, who delivered a recognition to Georgios Pissaris, the Captain of the Al Jassasiya.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Georgia Ports Authority orders 10 more Konecranes RTGs
The Board of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved the purchase of 10 additional Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes. This will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal, Port of Savannah, to 156 Konecranes RTGs. The Port of Savannah had a record April in which 356,700 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) were moved, an increase of 7.1% over April of last year. "We re on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the Authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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New COTP NY and NJ to keynote Maritime Cyber Security event
India House and Marine Log are proud to announce today that Captain Jason P. Tama, who will be named the new Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York and Captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey and the Port of Albany, will be the keynote speaker for the Maritime Cyber Security Roundtable at India House in New York, NY, on June 13, 2018.
Captain Tama, currently the Deputy Sector Commander at Coast Guard Sector New York, will relieve Captain Michael H. Day as Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York and Captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey and the Port of Albany on Friday, June 8 at ceremonies at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, NY.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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DFDS Finalizes Takeover of U.N. Ro-Ro Early
Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS closed the acquisition of 98.8% of U.N. Ro-Ro, Turkey’s largest operator of freight ferry routes, on June 7. The transaction was completed earlier than expected, DFDS said, adding that the integration process, which started immediately, is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.
"We are now ready to start the integration of U.N. Ro-Ro after having closed the transaction earlier than expected," Niels Smedegaard, CEO of DFDS, said.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Unions Seek Australian Jobs Guarantee on New LNG Terminal
The Port Kembla Port Unions Committee is calling for an Australian jobs guarantee after the preferred site for New South Wales first LNG import terminal was selected. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) informed that the committee is seeking jobs guarantee in construction, shipping, surface transport and operations at the LNG import terminal, to be constructed in the Illawarra region.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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Platform capsized, drifting in South China sea
The self-elevating liftboat TERAS LYZA said to capsize while being under tow in South China sea, from Vung Tau Vietnam to Taichung, Taiwan, probably on Jun 6. Unmanned vessel developed stern tilt and capsized, according to OSJ - Offshore Supply Journal.Tug TERAS EDEN (IMO 9664330) is monitoring situation.Posted On:8-Jun-2018
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